2015/2016
BA-BPOLV1232U Comparative Political Economy
| English Title |
| Comparative Political
Economy |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Quarter |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics,
BSc
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| Course
coordinator |
- Hubert Buch-Hansen - Department of Business and Politics
(DBP)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- International political economy
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Last updated on
20-02-2015
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: On completion of the course the student should
be able to:
- Understand the key theoretical approaches to different models
of capitalism and welfare state regimes in advanced industrialised
economies.
- Apply such theoretical approaches in synchronic and diachronic
comparative analyses of different advanced industrialised
economies, primarily through research from the student’s
independent reading
- Explain the main trends and dynamics in the transformation of
advanced industrial economies and welfare
regimes
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| Examination |
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Comparative
Political Economy:
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| Exam ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date
and time. |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Spring |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Another examination form
The re-examination is a four hour
closed book exam.
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| Course content and
structure |
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The course covers the main theoretical approaches in the field
of comparative political economy, including the ‘varieties of
capitalism’ approach as well as constructivist and critical
political economy theories. To assess the strengths and weaknesses
of these theoretical approaches they are discussed in relation to
concrete advanced industrialised economies.
The course takes both a synchronic and a diachronic comparative
perspective on national economic systems, and focuses for instance
on how various external pressures upon such systems are mediated by
domestic actors.
The course also covers the transformation of the welfare state and
different ways of classifying and comparing welfare regimes.
Finally various concrete policy areas and topics of relevance to
state-business relations are dealt with in a comparative
perspective.
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| Teaching methods |
| Lectures. |
| Expected literature |
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Important: You must read the Essential Readings prior to the
lectures in order to engage in discussions!
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Last updated on
20-02-2015
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